Digital Collections

Fruit Peeler

Object/Artifact

Metal table clamp apple peeler. 4 total gears. Crank gear has a star pattern. Wooden crank handle. Called “The Improved”.

2019.02.177

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Hudson Parer Company

circa 1872

Leominster

Massachusetts

United States of America

North America

Inscription

On a gear

E. W. HUDSON'S IMPROVED APPLE PARER, LEOMINSTER, MASS PATENTED MARCH 5TH 1872

English

Fruit Peeler

Apple Peeler

8-1/4 in

8 in

5-1/4 in

Cast iron

Wood

2019.02.134, 2019.02.150, 2019.02.151, 2019.02.152, 2019.02.153, 2019.02.155, 2019.02.156, 2019.02.157, 2019.02.158, 2019.02.159, 2019.02.163, 2019.02.164, 2019.02.165, 2019.02.166, 2019.02.167, 2019.02.168, 2019.02.169, 2019.02.171, 2019.02.173, 2019.02.174, 2019.02.175, 2019.02.176, 2019.02.178, 2019.02.179, 2019.02.184, 2019.02.192, 2019.02.193, 2019.02.194 Patent # 124, 272 Manufacturer: Hudson, Reading

Thornton, Don, and Robert S. Arnold. "Apple Parers." (Sunnyvale, CA: Off Beat Books, 1997). Pg 75.

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